Apoorva Mehta

Apoorva Mehta is the founder of Instacart, the leading grocery delivery platform in North America that went public in 2023 at a $10B valuation. Born in India and raised in Canada from age 14, Apoorva earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo (2008). He worked at Amazon, Qualcomm, and Blackberry before founding Instacart in 2012 after recognizing the need for on-demand grocery delivery. Starting with a single store in San Francisco, he scaled Instacart to partnerships with 1,400+ retail chains across 85,000+ stores, serving millions of households. Instacart processes billions in grocery sales annually and has fundamentally changed how Americans shop for groceries, proving that complex, perishable marketplaces could work at scale.

Instacart is the leading grocery delivery and pickup service in North America, transforming how people shop for groceries. Founded in 2012 by Apoorva Mehta, the company partners with over 1,400 retail banners across 85,000+ stores, delivering from retailers like Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and more. Instacart went public on NASDAQ in September 2023 at a $10B valuation. Born in India and raised in Canada, Apoorva earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Waterloo and worked at Amazon, Qualcomm, and Blackberry before founding Instacart. The platform serves millions of households and has created income opportunities for hundreds of thousands of shoppers. Instacart represents the consumer shift to on-demand grocery delivery.